‘Burnt out’ Heather Watson plans break from tennis

Heather Watson will take a break from tennis after admitting to feeling “burnt out” after crashing to a 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 loss to Japan’s Ayumi Morita at the Sony Open in Miami.

The result continued a miserable sequence for the British No 1, who has not won a match since climbing to a career-high 39 in the world rankings at the end of February and threw away a 6-1, 4-1 lead against the Japanese.

“This year I’ve been going a bit too long so I’m a bit burnt out,” Watson said. “I’ve been thinking about it for a while now and I’m definitely going to take a break from tennis.”

The 20-year-old from Guernsey was also beaten in the first round in Indian Wells by…

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